MOOC on a shoestringHow a small charity built and ran a ‘massive’ course

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Who are ALT & what do they do?

ALT is the UK's leading membership organisation in the learning technology field.

The Charity’s object is to advance education through increasing, exploring and disseminating knowledge in the field of learning technology for the benefit of the general public.

Context❖ professional development for people

teaching at Higher Education level❖ funded by Leadership Foundation in HE ❖ TEL (technology enhanced learning) about

TEL❖ experiment for ALT designing and delivering

a MOOC❖ drawing on goodwill of the community

Team❖ CEO, Administrator, Project Manager,

Technical Manager

❖ 11 authors/lead tutors

❖ 20 support tutors

http://octel.alt.ac.uk/about/octel-team/

ocTEL in numbers❖ 10 modules + Induction ❖ 11 weeks, 55 hours❖ 1 face-to-face meeting❖ 903 registrations on night before launch❖ webinar participation from 17 to 102❖ 698 posts on blogs, 1,353 on forums❖ 2 participant-generated communities

more data http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2309/

Participants’ locations

Course content❖ Defining and dividing the curriculum❖ Templates and examples❖ Outline, write and review❖ Final edit ❖ Openly licensed and openly available

resources❖ Net direct cost £0

The ocTEL mixer and distillery

ALT-C keynotes

ALT wiki

Research in Learning Technology

ALT Open Access repository

(ALT-members discussions)

ocTEL

Learner support❖ Crowdsourced from ALT members❖ FAQs and screencasts

http://octel.alt.ac.uk/help/ ❖ Becoming progressively more targeted❖ Modelling and encouraging learning

behaviours❖ Net direct cost £0

Tech infrastructure❖ Wordpress + plugins❖ Course Reader – our one innovation

http://octel.alt.ac.uk/living-and-learning-in-the-open/

❖ Visualisations to help target support❖ Net direct cost £0

cMOOC architecture

Challenges & risks❖ The curse of the good dress rehearsal❖ Competing with member organisations❖ Losing the people we depend on

➢ webinar presenters➢ top fifth percentile of contributors➢ free tutors

❖ Unforeseen consequences of openness

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